AID-ROM

Ecumenica Association of Romanian Churces was established in 1991 as collaboration between 5 Romanian national christian churches ( Orthodox, Calvin Reformed, Lutheran Church, Evangelical Presbyterian and Armenian Church from Romania). The initiative was created to suport the social and spiritually development of Romanian society and help those in need by using ecumenical aprouch in creating a strong partnership of christian churches in Romana that were already social sercices and charity providers.

Troughout the years AIDRom has been involved in many social areas of Romanian society providing trough its experts high quality social services.

Development and cooporation: Social assistance for vulnarable groups: street children, immigrants, women in church and society, environment and sustainable development, emergency aid (disaster).

Today AIDRom operates 3 regional counseling centers in Romania, offering complex social assistance to vulnerable groups. As well as a safe house for victims of human trafficking and 2 shelters for asylum seekers, in strong cooperation with Romanian governmental authorities. Our staff is made of over 30 hired people: managers, social workers, legal advisers, psychologists, teachers and auxiliary staff.

In migration area AIDRom is implementing projects of social assistance for migrants since 2012, in strong parthership with the Romanian Imigration Office and other Romanian local migration organizations. The folowing projects were and are implmentated by AIDRom, beeing financed by European Uniun, trough migration fonds (ERF, IRF, AMIF):

Advice and Assistance to aliens subject to a return decision under escort” Period: 2014 – 2015

Assistance and facilities for asylum seekers in Romania. Improving the living standards and implementing a responsibility of asylum seekers” Period: 2012 – 2015

Promoting the third country nationals in Romania and efficient solutions in order to integrate them in the Romanian society” Period: 2012 – 2015

Facilitating the integration and development of skills for independent living of refugees, resettled in Timisoara, by creating a network of local support” Period: 2013 – 2014

Support for social integration of beneficiaries of a form of protection in Romania” Period: 2015

This project has been funded with support from the European Commission.This publication reflects the views only of the author, and the European Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein.